Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Now that you have directed me back to a picture I took but barely recall, the bokeh is actually pretty damned decent. I don't know why my memory was flawed on that part. In all other respects, I like the lens. I guess I like it in all respects. And mounted on the diminutive Pentax *istD (a *tiny* dSLR), one could carry it all day without grief. Jeffery On Dec 30, 2007 12:35 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I have it. I think that it is right for the price. A bit soft wide open, > and > > the bokeh has that unsettling aspherical element look to it. I blogged > about > > it in 2006. > > > > http://400tx.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html > > > > Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and click on images for bigger > > renditions. > > > > Jeffery > > > > > To be a nay nay sawyer (double negative) again I think this example you > are > using > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6697/3153/1600/violet.1.jpg > Would make a dizzying Bokeh experience for any lens. > Show us another shot without big blobs of green and purple the same size > as the ones we are trying to in focus look at. > > I have a feeling this sigma 30 1.4 is a lens worth checking out. > http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IExS > This stuff looks great to me. > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA